How's that Bandwidth Cap Workin' Out for Ya?

The little data collection tool has been up and running since last Spring. Have we approached our bandwidth "cap" yet?

Nope. Not even close.

Over all, after three months of continuous use since June, including seeing all four seasons (52 hours) of Mad Men and having the data-happy kids home, total consumption is just now bumping up against AT&T's 250GB monthly limit. Total bytes consumed after three months: 232,538,256,086.  That's in line with the earlier estimates of about 70-80GB/month from last Spring.

The modem's data counts were reset June 15, which explains the funky numbers there (the daily usage algorithm computes the difference between samples, then sums). Errors rates edged up, especially in mid-July, but nothing visible to the users.

If AT&T offered roll-over gigabytes, I'd take 'em.  Too bad they cannot be resold.

Time to Skype the kid in Edinburgh.

+------------+-----------+-------------+---------+----------+------+
| Day        | Sent/Recv | Bytes       | GB      | Packets  | Errs |
+------------+-----------+-------------+---------+----------+------+
| 2011-04-14 | Receive   |   471170071 |  0.4712 |  1248297 |    0 |
| 2011-04-14 | Transmit  |   261420116 |  0.2614 |   564405 |    0 |
| 2011-04-14 | Total     |   732590187 |  0.7326 |  1812702 |    0 |
| 2011-04-15 | Receive   |   770363944 |  0.7704 |  1006855 |    0 |
| 2011-04-15 | Transmit  |    71026822 |  0.0710 |   520748 |    0 |
| 2011-04-15 | Total     |   841390766 |  0.8414 |  1527603 |    0 |
| 2011-04-16 | Receive   |   609502238 |  0.6095 |   722370 |    1 |
| 2011-04-16 | Transmit  |    57294972 |  0.0573 |   361775 |    0 |
| 2011-04-16 | Total     |   666797210 |  0.6668 |  1084145 |    1 |
| 2011-04-17 | Receive   |   318645844 |  0.3186 |   291616 |    2 |
| 2011-04-17 | Transmit  |    39332970 |  0.0393 |   175203 |    0 |
| 2011-04-17 | Total     |   357978814 |  0.3580 |   466819 |    2 |
| 2011-04-18 | Receive   |   299281224 |  0.2993 |   666078 |    0 |
| 2011-04-18 | Transmit  |    58786871 |  0.0588 |   353637 |    0 |
| 2011-04-18 | Total     |   358068095 |  0.3581 |  1019715 |    0 |
| 2011-04-19 | Receive   |   886435986 |  0.8864 |  1560230 |    0 |
| 2011-04-19 | Transmit  |   711104440 |  0.7111 |   994422 |    0 |
| 2011-04-19 | Total     |  1597540426 |  1.5975 |  2554652 |    0 |
| 2011-04-20 | Receive   |   699685659 |  0.6997 |   637560 |    0 |
| 2011-04-20 | Transmit  |    56879398 |  0.0569 |   337293 |    0 |
| 2011-04-20 | Total     |   756565057 |  0.7566 |   974853 |    0 |
| 2011-04-21 | Receive   |   455349013 |  0.4553 |   602567 |    1 |
| 2011-04-21 | Transmit  |    86789917 |  0.0868 |   324296 |    0 |
| 2011-04-21 | Total     |   542138930 |  0.5421 |   926863 |    1 |
| 2011-04-22 | Receive   |   440903082 |  0.4409 |   770886 |    0 |
| 2011-04-22 | Transmit  |    61319206 |  0.0613 |   396483 |    0 |
| 2011-04-22 | Total     |   502222288 |  0.5022 |  1167369 |    0 |
| 2011-04-23 | Receive   |   128387865 |  0.1284 |   202243 |    0 |
| 2011-04-23 | Transmit  |    32450548 |  0.0325 |   115669 |    0 |
| 2011-04-23 | Total     |   160838413 |  0.1608 |   317912 |    0 |
| 2011-04-24 | Receive   |   357397478 |  0.3574 |   391484 |    0 |
| 2011-04-24 | Transmit  |    45117822 |  0.0451 |   224438 |    0 |
| 2011-04-24 | Total     |   402515300 |  0.4025 |   615922 |    0 |
| 2011-04-25 | Receive   |   460476990 |  0.4605 |   508043 |    0 |
| 2011-04-25 | Transmit  |    64078588 |  0.0641 |   302462 |    0 |
| 2011-04-25 | Total     |   524555578 |  0.5246 |   810505 |    0 |
| 2011-04-26 | Receive   |   868455813 |  0.8685 |   910591 |    0 |
| 2011-04-26 | Transmit  |    74527520 |  0.0745 |   460094 |    0 |
| 2011-04-26 | Total     |   942983333 |  0.9430 |  1370685 |    0 |
| 2011-04-27 | Receive   |   286835580 |  0.2868 |   348551 |    0 |
| 2011-04-27 | Transmit  |    48691431 |  0.0487 |   206843 |    0 |
| 2011-04-27 | Total     |   335527011 |  0.3355 |   555394 |    0 |
| 2011-04-28 | Receive   |   759490405 |  0.7595 |   771587 |    0 |
| 2011-04-28 | Transmit  |    64131207 |  0.0641 |   390037 |    0 |
| 2011-04-28 | Total     |   823621612 |  0.8236 |  1161624 |    0 |
| 2011-04-29 | Receive   |  1855420924 |  1.8554 |  2576866 |    1 |
| 2011-04-29 | Transmit  |   417368072 |  0.4174 |  1150840 |    0 |
| 2011-04-29 | Total     |  2272788996 |  2.2728 |  3727706 |    1 |
| 2011-04-30 | Receive   |  2854764859 |  2.8548 |  2329114 |    0 |
| 2011-04-30 | Transmit  |   140898052 |  0.1409 |  1331942 |    0 |
| 2011-04-30 | Total     |  2995662911 |  2.9957 |  3661056 |    0 |
| 2011-05-01 | Receive   |   583554982 |  0.5836 |   646801 |    0 |
| 2011-05-01 | Transmit  |    47077335 |  0.0471 |   293666 |    0 |
| 2011-05-01 | Total     |   630632317 |  0.6306 |   940467 |    0 |
| 2011-05-02 | Receive   |   466536624 |  0.4665 |   662741 |    1 |
| 2011-05-02 | Transmit  |    66079056 |  0.0661 |   387335 |    0 |
| 2011-05-02 | Total     |   532615680 |  0.5326 |  1050076 |    1 |
| 2011-05-03 | Receive   |   378680686 |  0.3787 |   569635 |    0 |
| 2011-05-03 | Transmit  |    63654531 |  0.0637 |   351607 |    0 |
| 2011-05-03 | Total     |   442335217 |  0.4423 |   921242 |    0 |
| 2011-05-04 | Receive   |  1592164459 |  1.5922 |  1320459 |    0 |
| 2011-05-04 | Transmit  |    83777493 |  0.0838 |   730119 |    0 |
| 2011-05-04 | Total     |  1675941952 |  1.6759 |  2050578 |    0 |
| 2011-05-05 | Receive   |   396790572 |  0.3968 |   546411 |    0 |
| 2011-05-05 | Transmit  |    49274151 |  0.0493 |   296962 |    0 |
| 2011-05-05 | Total     |   446064723 |  0.4461 |   843373 |    0 |
| 2011-05-06 | Receive   |  1434557508 |  1.4346 |  1295653 |    0 |
| 2011-05-06 | Transmit  |   101443496 |  0.1014 |   732327 |    0 |
| 2011-05-06 | Total     |  1536001004 |  1.5360 |  2027980 |    0 |
| 2011-05-07 | Receive   |   282229840 |  0.2822 |   406471 |    0 |
| 2011-05-07 | Transmit  |    41005616 |  0.0410 |   235368 |    0 |
| 2011-05-07 | Total     |   323235456 |  0.3232 |   641839 |    0 |
| 2011-05-08 | Receive   |   361199286 |  0.3612 |   619845 |    1 |
| 2011-05-08 | Transmit  |    62766368 |  0.0628 |   344972 |    0 |
| 2011-05-08 | Total     |   423965654 |  0.4240 |   964817 |    1 |
| 2011-05-09 | Receive   |   341532108 |  0.3415 |   635683 |    1 |
| 2011-05-09 | Transmit  |    73219745 |  0.0732 |   341123 |    0 |
| 2011-05-09 | Total     |   414751853 |  0.4148 |   976806 |    1 |
| 2011-05-10 | Receive   |   432701189 |  0.4327 |   717430 |    0 |
| 2011-05-10 | Transmit  |    72765336 |  0.0728 |   407560 |    0 |
| 2011-05-10 | Total     |   505466525 |  0.5055 |  1124990 |    0 |
| 2011-05-11 | Receive   |   845331724 |  0.8453 |  1061510 |    0 |
| 2011-05-11 | Transmit  |    81638180 |  0.0816 |   546953 |    0 |
| 2011-05-11 | Total     |   926969904 |  0.9270 |  1608463 |    0 |
| 2011-05-12 | Receive   |   560908774 |  0.5609 |   801810 |    0 |
| 2011-05-12 | Transmit  |    63134964 |  0.0631 |   408543 |    0 |
| 2011-05-12 | Total     |   624043738 |  0.6240 |  1210353 |    0 |
| 2011-05-13 | Receive   |   546820346 |  0.5468 |   643467 |    0 |
| 2011-05-13 | Transmit  |    54640805 |  0.0546 |   355298 |    0 |
| 2011-05-13 | Total     |   601461151 |  0.6015 |   998765 |    0 |
| 2011-05-14 | Receive   |   149149633 |  0.1491 |   101316 |    0 |
| 2011-05-14 | Transmit  |    22674813 |  0.0227 |    62761 |    0 |
| 2011-05-14 | Total     |   171824446 |  0.1718 |   164077 |    0 |
| 2011-05-15 | Receive   |    93382326 |  0.0934 |   201339 |    1 |
| 2011-05-15 | Transmit  |    64047076 |  0.0640 |   141985 |    0 |
| 2011-05-15 | Total     |   157429402 |  0.1574 |   343324 |    1 |
| 2011-05-16 | Receive   |  2379626549 |  2.3796 |  2210588 |    0 |
| 2011-05-16 | Transmit  |   144663032 |  0.1447 |  1176819 |    0 |
| 2011-05-16 | Total     |  2524289581 |  2.5243 |  3387407 |    0 |
| 2011-05-17 | Receive   |   673030053 |  0.6730 |  1706669 |    0 |
| 2011-05-17 | Transmit  |   350926239 |  0.3509 |   764458 |    0 |
| 2011-05-17 | Total     |  1023956292 |  1.0240 |  2471127 |    0 |
| 2011-05-18 | Receive   |  2032934178 |  2.0329 |  2469678 |    1 |
| 2011-05-18 | Transmit  |   189400169 |  0.1894 |  1541877 |    0 |
| 2011-05-18 | Total     |  2222334347 |  2.2223 |  4011555 |    1 |
| 2011-05-19 | Receive   |  4104686610 |  4.1047 |  3324064 |    1 |
| 2011-05-19 | Transmit  |   175923287 |  0.1759 |  1808105 |    0 |
| 2011-05-19 | Total     |  4280609897 |  4.2806 |  5132169 |    1 |
| 2011-05-20 | Receive   |  1450063962 |  1.4501 |  1305519 |    0 |
| 2011-05-20 | Transmit  |    97461276 |  0.0975 |   689472 |    0 |
| 2011-05-20 | Total     |  1547525238 |  1.5475 |  1994991 |    0 |
| 2011-05-21 | Receive   |  1414399265 |  1.4144 |  1320779 |    0 |
| 2011-05-21 | Transmit  |    90965248 |  0.0910 |   690815 |    0 |
| 2011-05-21 | Total     |  1505364513 |  1.5054 |  2011594 |    0 |
| 2011-05-22 | Receive   |  4780218166 |  4.7802 |  3665725 |    1 |
| 2011-05-22 | Transmit  |   202910155 |  0.2029 |  2138268 |    1 |
| 2011-05-22 | Total     |  4983128321 |  4.9831 |  5803993 |    2 |
| 2011-05-23 | Receive   |   976935372 |  0.9769 |   983515 |    1 |
| 2011-05-23 | Transmit  |    82334527 |  0.0823 |   536075 |    0 |
| 2011-05-23 | Total     |  1059269899 |  1.0593 |  1519590 |    1 |
| 2011-05-24 | Receive   |  2637804453 |  2.6378 |  2632852 |    1 |
| 2011-05-24 | Transmit  |   221401402 |  0.2214 |  1721072 |    0 |
| 2011-05-24 | Total     |  2859205855 |  2.8592 |  4353924 |    1 |
| 2011-05-25 | Receive   |   891655984 |  0.8917 |   963312 |    0 |
| 2011-05-25 | Transmit  |    89785313 |  0.0898 |   559208 |    0 |
| 2011-05-25 | Total     |   981441297 |  0.9814 |  1522520 |    0 |
| 2011-05-26 | Receive   |  2216154272 |  2.2162 |  1758582 |    1 |
| 2011-05-26 | Transmit  |    92903364 |  0.0929 |   855350 |    0 |
| 2011-05-26 | Total     |  2309057636 |  2.3091 |  2613932 |    1 |
| 2011-05-27 | Receive   |  4075890763 |  4.0759 |  3212220 |    0 |
| 2011-05-27 | Transmit  |   198678032 |  0.1987 |  1989356 |    0 |
| 2011-05-27 | Total     |  4274568795 |  4.2746 |  5201576 |    0 |
| 2011-05-28 | Receive   |  2343819157 |  2.3438 |  1965761 |    0 |
| 2011-05-28 | Transmit  |   132977014 |  0.1330 |  1096609 |    0 |
| 2011-05-28 | Total     |  2476796171 |  2.4768 |  3062370 |    0 |
| 2011-05-29 | Receive   |  2314403635 |  2.3144 |  2509887 |    3 |
| 2011-05-29 | Transmit  |   331383134 |  0.3314 |  1216661 |    0 |
| 2011-05-29 | Total     |  2645786769 |  2.6458 |  3726548 |    3 |
| 2011-05-30 | Receive   |  6322985993 |  6.3230 |  5131655 |    1 |
| 2011-05-30 | Transmit  |   415216398 |  0.4152 |  2896723 |    0 |
| 2011-05-30 | Total     |  6738202391 |  6.7382 |  8028378 |    1 |
| 2011-05-31 | Receive   |   725025552 |  0.7250 |  1326666 |    0 |
| 2011-05-31 | Transmit  |   152411272 |  0.1524 |   857189 |    0 |
| 2011-05-31 | Total     |   877436824 |  0.8774 |  2183855 |    0 |
| 2011-06-01 | Receive   |   594546924 |  0.5945 |   742196 |    0 |
| 2011-06-01 | Transmit  |    68555369 |  0.0686 |   426392 |    0 |
| 2011-06-01 | Total     |   663102293 |  0.6631 |  1168588 |    0 |
| 2011-06-02 | Receive   |  2469528472 |  2.4695 |  2940411 |    2 |
| 2011-06-02 | Transmit  |   352639658 |  0.3526 |  1338015 |    0 |
| 2011-06-02 | Total     |  2822168130 |  2.8222 |  4278426 |    2 |
| 2011-06-03 | Receive   |  5974894368 |  5.9749 |  5013740 |    0 |
| 2011-06-03 | Transmit  |   420068493 |  0.4201 |  2785938 |    0 |
| 2011-06-03 | Total     |  6394962861 |  6.3950 |  7799678 |    0 |
| 2011-06-04 | Receive   |   155373333 |  0.1554 |   302439 |    0 |
| 2011-06-04 | Transmit  |    42884151 |  0.0429 |   161493 |    0 |
| 2011-06-04 | Total     |   198257484 |  0.1983 |   463932 |    0 |
| 2011-06-05 | Receive   |   660211496 |  0.6602 |  1740578 |    0 |
| 2011-06-05 | Transmit  |   321523979 |  0.3215 |   663521 |    0 |
| 2011-06-05 | Total     |   981735475 |  0.9817 |  2404099 |    0 |
| 2011-06-06 | Receive   |  2607284252 |  2.6073 |  5061103 |    0 |
| 2011-06-06 | Transmit  |   853621492 |  0.8536 |  1978341 |    0 |
| 2011-06-06 | Total     |  3460905744 |  3.4609 |  7039444 |    0 |
| 2011-06-07 | Receive   |   936541155 |  0.9365 |   999774 |    2 |
| 2011-06-07 | Transmit  |    75305536 |  0.0753 |   530449 |    0 |
| 2011-06-07 | Total     |  1011846691 |  1.0118 |  1530223 |    2 |
| 2011-06-08 | Receive   |  2207812468 |  2.2078 |  2012026 |    1 |
| 2011-06-08 | Transmit  |   133046854 |  0.1330 |  1014339 |    0 |
| 2011-06-08 | Total     |  2340859322 |  2.3409 |  3026365 |    1 |
| 2011-06-09 | Receive   |  3830780367 |  3.8308 |  3047265 |    1 |
| 2011-06-09 | Transmit  |   185121842 |  0.1851 |  1680558 |    0 |
| 2011-06-09 | Total     |  4015902209 |  4.0159 |  4727823 |    1 |
| 2011-06-10 | Receive   |   623743123 |  0.6237 |   949928 |    0 |
| 2011-06-10 | Transmit  |   116345435 |  0.1163 |   599908 |    0 |
| 2011-06-10 | Total     |   740088558 |  0.7401 |  1549836 |    0 |
| 2011-06-11 | Receive   |   786699365 |  0.7867 |  1104639 |    1 |
| 2011-06-11 | Transmit  |   137098497 |  0.1371 |   813190 |    0 |
| 2011-06-11 | Total     |   923797862 |  0.9238 |  1917829 |    1 |
| 2011-06-12 | Receive   |   383916197 |  0.3839 |   601228 |    0 |
| 2011-06-12 | Transmit  |   118259985 |  0.1183 |   500213 |    0 |
| 2011-06-12 | Total     |   502176182 |  0.5022 |  1101441 |    0 |
| 2011-06-13 | Receive   |  1114791807 |  1.1148 |  1354618 |    1 |
| 2011-06-13 | Transmit  |   138792339 |  0.1388 |   866702 |    0 |
| 2011-06-13 | Total     |  1253584146 |  1.2536 |  2221320 |    1 |
| 2011-06-14 | Receive   |  3265190799 |  3.2652 |  2581598 |    0 |
| 2011-06-14 | Transmit  |   209718771 |  0.2097 |  1590595 |    0 |
| 2011-06-14 | Total     |  3474909570 |  3.4749 |  4172193 |    0 |
| 2011-06-15 | Receive   |  -92998001206 |  -92.9980 |  -97459182 |  -28 |
| 2011-06-15 | Transmit  | -9900724263 | -9.9007 |  -53251544 |   -1 |
| 2011-06-15 | Total     | -102898725469 | -102.8987 | -150710726 |  -29 |
| 2011-06-16 | Receive   |  5723908823 |  5.7239 |  7736825 |    0 |
| 2011-06-16 | Transmit  |   325807401 |  0.3258 |  3872121 |    0 |
| 2011-06-16 | Total     |  6049716224 |  6.0497 | 11608946 |    0 |
| 2011-06-17 | Receive   |  5200115751 |  5.2001 |  3792438 |    1 |
| 2011-06-17 | Transmit  |   168510661 |  0.1685 |  1874516 |    0 |
| 2011-06-17 | Total     |  5368626412 |  5.3686 |  5666954 |    1 |
| 2011-06-18 | Receive   |  3270159067 |  3.2702 |  3349431 |   29 |
| 2011-06-18 | Transmit  |   200763088 |  0.2008 |  1793335 |    0 |
| 2011-06-18 | Total     |  3470922155 |  3.4709 |  5142766 |   29 |
| 2011-06-19 | Receive   |  6382320497 |  6.3823 |  5948692 |    9 |
| 2011-06-19 | Transmit  |   423905328 |  0.4239 |  3330541 |    0 |
| 2011-06-19 | Total     |  6806225825 |  6.8062 |  9279233 |    9 |
| 2011-06-20 | Receive   |  8349723564 |  8.3497 |  6615993 |    0 |
| 2011-06-20 | Transmit  |   477064185 |  0.4771 |  3439896 |    0 |
| 2011-06-20 | Total     |  8826787749 |  8.8268 | 10055889 |    0 |
| 2011-06-21 | Receive   |  5611640141 |  5.6116 |  5287476 |    0 |
| 2011-06-21 | Transmit  |   568072369 |  0.5681 |  3567625 |    0 |
| 2011-06-21 | Total     |  6179712510 |  6.1797 |  8855101 |    0 |
| 2011-06-22 | Receive   |  2980748351 |  2.9807 |  3285052 |    1 |
| 2011-06-22 | Transmit  |   355201614 |  0.3552 |  2134189 |    0 |
| 2011-06-22 | Total     |  3335949965 |  3.3359 |  5419241 |    1 |
| 2011-06-23 | Receive   |  3435278212 |  3.4353 |  3628334 |    6 |
| 2011-06-23 | Transmit  |   333904759 |  0.3339 |  2165429 |    0 |
| 2011-06-23 | Total     |  3769182971 |  3.7692 |  5793763 |    6 |
| 2011-06-24 | Receive   |  2072971970 |  2.0730 |  3282077 |    1 |
| 2011-06-24 | Transmit  |   506285065 |  0.5063 |  1800085 |    0 |
| 2011-06-24 | Total     |  2579257035 |  2.5793 |  5082162 |    1 |
| 2011-06-25 | Receive   |  8129031738 |  8.1290 |  5878996 |    3 |
| 2011-06-25 | Transmit  |   234805275 |  0.2348 |  2689597 |    0 |
| 2011-06-25 | Total     |  8363837013 |  8.3638 |  8568593 |    3 |
| 2011-06-26 | Receive   |  3045475924 |  3.0455 |  3689885 |    2 |
| 2011-06-26 | Transmit  |   276812343 |  0.2768 |  1790949 |    0 |
| 2011-06-26 | Total     |  3322288267 |  3.3223 |  5480834 |    2 |
| 2011-06-27 | Receive   |   721125535 |  0.7211 |   956923 |   23 |
| 2011-06-27 | Transmit  |   109249097 |  0.1092 |   582623 |    0 |
| 2011-06-27 | Total     |   830374632 |  0.8304 |  1539546 |   23 |
| 2011-06-28 | Receive   |   788535373 |  0.7885 |   777109 |   15 |
| 2011-06-28 | Transmit  |    86830543 |  0.0868 |   478285 |    0 |
| 2011-06-28 | Total     |   875365916 |  0.8754 |  1255394 |   15 |
| 2011-06-29 | Receive   |   790936158 |  0.7909 |  1392278 |    0 |
| 2011-06-29 | Transmit  |   129831967 |  0.1298 |   760536 |    0 |
| 2011-06-29 | Total     |   920768125 |  0.9208 |  2152814 |    0 |
| 2011-06-30 | Receive   |  1326352552 |  1.3264 |  2104991 |    0 |
| 2011-06-30 | Transmit  |   358078011 |  0.3581 |  1184090 |    0 |
| 2011-06-30 | Total     |  1684430563 |  1.6844 |  3289081 |    0 |
| 2011-07-01 | Receive   |  2629445051 |  2.6294 |  2987908 |    0 |
| 2011-07-01 | Transmit  |   370164743 |  0.3702 |  1520398 |    0 |
| 2011-07-01 | Total     |  2999609794 |  2.9996 |  4508306 |    0 |
| 2011-07-02 | Receive   |  2261218271 |  2.2612 |  2038245 |    5 |
| 2011-07-02 | Transmit  |   120561486 |  0.1206 |  1106775 |    0 |
| 2011-07-02 | Total     |  2381779757 |  2.3818 |  3145020 |    5 |
| 2011-07-03 | Receive   |  1840180305 |  1.8402 |  1429764 |    4 |
| 2011-07-03 | Transmit  |    99755596 |  0.0998 |   855587 |    0 |
| 2011-07-03 | Total     |  1939935901 |  1.9399 |  2285351 |    4 |
| 2011-07-04 | Receive   |  1877483837 |  1.8775 |  1392425 |    3 |
| 2011-07-04 | Transmit  |    99123493 |  0.0991 |   901234 |    0 |
| 2011-07-04 | Total     |  1976607330 |  1.9766 |  2293659 |    3 |
| 2011-07-05 | Receive   |   605773194 |  0.6058 |   618025 |    3 |
| 2011-07-05 | Transmit  |    65156051 |  0.0652 |   374268 |    0 |
| 2011-07-05 | Total     |   670929245 |  0.6709 |   992293 |    3 |
| 2011-07-06 | Receive   |   990220247 |  0.9902 |   943383 |    3 |
| 2011-07-06 | Transmit  |    98368458 |  0.0984 |   524176 |    0 |
| 2011-07-06 | Total     |  1088588705 |  1.0886 |  1467559 |    3 |
| 2011-07-07 | Receive   |   637788696 |  0.6378 |   604984 |    8 |
| 2011-07-07 | Transmit  |    70563460 |  0.0706 |   366477 |    0 |
| 2011-07-07 | Total     |   708352156 |  0.7084 |   971461 |    8 |
| 2011-07-08 | Receive   |   632332606 |  0.6323 |   987840 |    6 |
| 2011-07-08 | Transmit  |   142186237 |  0.1422 |   528685 |    0 |
| 2011-07-08 | Total     |   774518843 |  0.7745 |  1516525 |    6 |
| 2011-07-09 | Receive   |  1888480814 |  1.8885 |  3102276 |    1 |
| 2011-07-09 | Transmit  |   122808848 |  0.1228 |  1491531 |    0 |
| 2011-07-09 | Total     |  2011289662 |  2.0113 |  4593807 |    1 |
| 2011-07-10 | Receive   |   461261336 |  0.4613 |   378301 |   11 |
| 2011-07-10 | Transmit  |    57106060 |  0.0571 |   270502 |    0 |
| 2011-07-10 | Total     |   518367396 |  0.5184 |   648803 |   11 |
| 2011-07-11 | Receive   |  1667017805 |  1.6670 |  1878446 |    1 |
| 2011-07-11 | Transmit  |   236779306 |  0.2368 |   876780 |    0 |
| 2011-07-11 | Total     |  1903797111 |  1.9038 |  2755226 |    1 |
| 2011-07-12 | Receive   |  2869493033 |  2.8695 |  2690224 |    1 |
| 2011-07-12 | Transmit  |   310209151 |  0.3102 |  1364634 |    0 |
| 2011-07-12 | Total     |  3179702184 |  3.1797 |  4054858 |    1 |
| 2011-07-13 | Receive   |  1510743171 |  1.5107 |  1280494 |    1 |
| 2011-07-13 | Transmit  |    95356137 |  0.0954 |   707794 |    0 |
| 2011-07-13 | Total     |  1606099308 |  1.6061 |  1988288 |    1 |
| 2011-07-14 | Receive   |  3909301058 |  3.9093 |  3242306 |    3 |
| 2011-07-14 | Transmit  |   200267050 |  0.2003 |  1742219 |    0 |
| 2011-07-14 | Total     |  4109568108 |  4.1096 |  4984525 |    3 |
| 2011-07-15 | Receive   |  1101124010 |  1.1011 |  1707290 |    1 |
| 2011-07-15 | Transmit  |   128239376 |  0.1282 |   905200 |    0 |
| 2011-07-15 | Total     |  1229363386 |  1.2294 |  2612490 |    1 |
| 2011-07-16 | Receive   |   924301768 |  0.9243 |   707526 |   13 |
| 2011-07-16 | Transmit  |    71613521 |  0.0716 |   431655 |    0 |
| 2011-07-16 | Total     |   995915289 |  0.9959 |  1139181 |   13 |
| 2011-07-17 | Receive   |   872840157 |  0.8728 |   692016 |   17 |
| 2011-07-17 | Transmit  |    68637329 |  0.0686 |   410986 |    0 |
| 2011-07-17 | Total     |   941477486 |  0.9415 |  1103002 |   17 |
| 2011-07-18 | Receive   |  3568522650 |  3.5685 |  2700190 |  162 |
| 2011-07-18 | Transmit  |   181515165 |  0.1815 |  1697305 |    0 |
| 2011-07-18 | Total     |  3750037815 |  3.7500 |  4397495 |  162 |
| 2011-07-19 | Receive   |  2680054918 |  2.6801 |  2074781 |   51 |
| 2011-07-19 | Transmit  |   138207003 |  0.1382 |  1229564 |    0 |
| 2011-07-19 | Total     |  2818261921 |  2.8183 |  3304345 |   51 |
| 2011-07-20 | Receive   |  2928145939 |  2.9281 |  1990120 |    0 |
| 2011-07-20 | Transmit  |   108226973 |  0.1082 |  1057555 |    0 |
| 2011-07-20 | Total     |  3036372912 |  3.0364 |  3047675 |    0 |
| 2011-07-21 | Receive   |  3934606849 |  3.9346 |  4520747 |    0 |
| 2011-07-21 | Transmit  |   791669079 |  0.7917 |  2277325 |    0 |
| 2011-07-21 | Total     |  4726275928 |  4.7263 |  6798072 |    0 |
| 2011-07-22 | Receive   |  2821444657 |  2.8214 |  3649478 |    0 |
| 2011-07-22 | Transmit  |   700587217 |  0.7006 |  1630443 |    0 |
| 2011-07-22 | Total     |  3522031874 |  3.5220 |  5279921 |    0 |
| 2011-07-23 | Receive   |   893183781 |  0.8932 |   665612 |   52 |
| 2011-07-23 | Transmit  |    61995740 |  0.0620 |   392750 |    0 |
| 2011-07-23 | Total     |   955179521 |  0.9552 |  1058362 |   52 |
| 2011-07-24 | Receive   |  4063309904 |  4.0633 |  2788596 |   87 |
| 2011-07-24 | Transmit  |   150249493 |  0.1502 |  1563191 |    0 |
| 2011-07-24 | Total     |  4213559397 |  4.2136 |  4351787 |   87 |
| 2011-07-25 | Receive   |   987791892 |  0.9878 |  2134555 |    1 |
| 2011-07-25 | Transmit  |   514704481 |  0.5147 |   865275 |    0 |
| 2011-07-25 | Total     |  1502496373 |  1.5025 |  2999830 |    1 |
| 2011-07-26 | Receive   |  1429098749 |  1.4291 |  1108657 |    2 |
| 2011-07-26 | Transmit  |    67395816 |  0.0674 |   536775 |    0 |
| 2011-07-26 | Total     |  1496494565 |  1.4965 |  1645432 |    2 |
| 2011-07-27 | Receive   |  5496760711 |  5.4968 |  8766738 |    1 |
| 2011-07-27 | Transmit  |   333703674 |  0.3337 |  4210759 |    0 |
| 2011-07-27 | Total     |  5830464385 |  5.8305 | 12977497 |    1 |
| 2011-07-28 | Receive   |   838129202 |  0.8381 |   913319 |    0 |
| 2011-07-28 | Transmit  |    90020648 |  0.0900 |   525815 |    0 |
| 2011-07-28 | Total     |   928149850 |  0.9281 |  1439134 |    0 |
| 2011-07-29 | Receive   |   926031986 |  0.9260 |   908226 |    0 |
| 2011-07-29 | Transmit  |   124908219 |  0.1249 |   491135 |    0 |
| 2011-07-29 | Total     |  1050940205 |  1.0509 |  1399361 |    0 |
| 2011-07-30 | Receive   |   231158786 |  0.2312 |   270937 |    0 |
| 2011-07-30 | Transmit  |    43590750 |  0.0436 |   186143 |    0 |
| 2011-07-30 | Total     |   274749536 |  0.2747 |   457080 |    0 |
| 2011-07-31 | Receive   |  1800843077 |  1.8008 |  2777891 |    3 |
| 2011-07-31 | Transmit  |   233670347 |  0.2337 |  1431828 |    0 |
| 2011-07-31 | Total     |  2034513424 |  2.0345 |  4209719 |    3 |
| 2011-08-01 | Receive   |  2016592313 |  2.0166 |  2960231 |    0 |
| 2011-08-01 | Transmit  |   534671920 |  0.5347 |  1377636 |    0 |
| 2011-08-01 | Total     |  2551264233 |  2.5513 |  4337867 |    0 |
| 2011-08-02 | Receive   |  1056874638 |  1.0569 |  1106370 |    2 |
| 2011-08-02 | Transmit  |   149844506 |  0.1498 |   676857 |    0 |
| 2011-08-02 | Total     |  1206719144 |  1.2067 |  1783227 |    2 |
| 2011-08-03 | Receive   |  1659426102 |  1.6594 |  2721676 |    0 |
| 2011-08-03 | Transmit  |   137623478 |  0.1376 |  1368894 |    0 |
| 2011-08-03 | Total     |  1797049580 |  1.7970 |  4090570 |    0 |
| 2011-08-04 | Receive   |  1106070912 |  1.1061 |  3087377 |    0 |
| 2011-08-04 | Transmit  |   702969101 |  0.7030 |  1140014 |    0 |
| 2011-08-04 | Total     |  1809040013 |  1.8090 |  4227391 |    0 |
| 2011-08-05 | Receive   |   943610821 |  0.9436 |  1788328 |    1 |
| 2011-08-05 | Transmit  |   435036742 |  0.4350 |   848073 |    0 |
| 2011-08-05 | Total     |  1378647563 |  1.3786 |  2636401 |    1 |
| 2011-08-06 | Receive   |   646944191 |  0.6469 |   610900 |    2 |
| 2011-08-06 | Transmit  |    74835371 |  0.0748 |   410277 |    0 |
| 2011-08-06 | Total     |   721779562 |  0.7218 |  1021177 |    2 |
| 2011-08-07 | Receive   |  1784618022 |  1.7846 |  2479891 |    0 |
| 2011-08-07 | Transmit  |   536457005 |  0.5365 |  1165568 |    0 |
| 2011-08-07 | Total     |  2321075027 |  2.3211 |  3645459 |    0 |
| 2011-08-08 | Receive   |  3806554815 |  3.8066 |  2765982 |    1 |
| 2011-08-08 | Transmit  |   174963610 |  0.1750 |  1621766 |    1 |
| 2011-08-08 | Total     |  3981518425 |  3.9815 |  4387748 |    2 |
| 2011-08-09 | Receive   |   905912517 |  0.9059 |  1892055 |    1 |
| 2011-08-09 | Transmit  |   442711376 |  0.4427 |   865625 |    0 |
| 2011-08-09 | Total     |  1348623893 |  1.3486 |  2757680 |    1 |
| 2011-08-10 | Receive   |  1585582052 |  1.5856 |  1424769 |    2 |
| 2011-08-10 | Transmit  |   152460644 |  0.1525 |   885845 |    0 |
| 2011-08-10 | Total     |  1738042696 |  1.7380 |  2310614 |    2 |
| 2011-08-11 | Receive   |  7039128736 |  7.0391 |  5646839 |  101 |
| 2011-08-11 | Transmit  |   479728524 |  0.4797 |  3188151 |    0 |
| 2011-08-11 | Total     |  7518857260 |  7.5189 |  8834990 |  101 |
| 2011-08-12 | Receive   |  1792431871 |  1.7924 |  1482253 |   42 |
| 2011-08-12 | Transmit  |   127641196 |  0.1276 |   842204 |    0 |
| 2011-08-12 | Total     |  1920073067 |  1.9201 |  2324457 |   42 |
| 2011-08-13 | Receive   |  4494370165 |  4.4944 |  3148459 |  349 |
| 2011-08-13 | Transmit  |   168401028 |  0.1684 |  1655950 |    0 |
| 2011-08-13 | Total     |  4662771193 |  4.6628 |  4804409 |  349 |
| 2011-08-14 | Receive   |  1560601073 |  1.5606 |  1225993 |  198 |
| 2011-08-14 | Transmit  |   113276345 |  0.1133 |   759473 |    0 |
| 2011-08-14 | Total     |  1673877418 |  1.6739 |  1985466 |  198 |
| 2011-08-15 | Receive   |  3769998239 |  3.7700 |  2950148 |    0 |
| 2011-08-15 | Transmit  |   234329077 |  0.2343 |  1675558 |    0 |
| 2011-08-15 | Total     |  4004327316 |  4.0043 |  4625706 |    0 |
| 2011-08-16 | Receive   |  4088529569 |  4.0885 |  4561372 |    0 |
| 2011-08-16 | Transmit  |   716528676 |  0.7165 |  2234684 |    0 |
| 2011-08-16 | Total     |  4805058245 |  4.8051 |  6796056 |    0 |
| 2011-08-17 | Receive   |  5343535908 |  5.3435 |  3787114 |    2 |
| 2011-08-17 | Transmit  |   224251630 |  0.2243 |  2132896 |    0 |
| 2011-08-17 | Total     |  5567787538 |  5.5678 |  5920010 |    2 |
| 2011-08-18 | Receive   |   243530853 |  0.2435 |   179487 |    0 |
| 2011-08-18 | Transmit  |    34408939 |  0.0344 |   118773 |    0 |
| 2011-08-18 | Total     |   277939792 |  0.2779 |   298260 |    0 |
| 2011-08-19 | Receive   |   589310381 |  0.5893 |   427862 |    2 |
| 2011-08-19 | Transmit  |    50753817 |  0.0508 |   253786 |    0 |
| 2011-08-19 | Total     |   640064198 |  0.6401 |   681648 |    2 |
| 2011-08-20 | Receive   |    32923561 |  0.0329 |     6806 |    0 |
| 2011-08-20 | Transmit  |    19972705 |  0.0200 |     6237 |    0 |
| 2011-08-20 | Total     |    52896266 |  0.0529 |    13043 |    0 |
| 2011-08-21 | Receive   |   205666762 |  0.2057 |   130632 |    3 |
| 2011-08-21 | Transmit  |    25567361 |  0.0256 |    77535 |    0 |
| 2011-08-21 | Total     |   231234123 |  0.2312 |   208167 |    3 |
| 2011-08-22 | Receive   |  2703438994 |  2.7034 |  1815396 |    0 |
| 2011-08-22 | Transmit  |    94163050 |  0.0942 |   992943 |    0 |
| 2011-08-22 | Total     |  2797602044 |  2.7976 |  2808339 |    0 |
| 2011-08-23 | Receive   |  3206544363 |  3.2065 |  4222622 |    4 |
| 2011-08-23 | Transmit  |   694236904 |  0.6942 |  1658571 |    0 |
| 2011-08-23 | Total     |  3900781267 |  3.9008 |  5881193 |    4 |
| 2011-08-24 | Receive   |  4369418721 |  4.3694 |  4511874 |    0 |
| 2011-08-24 | Transmit  |   597327234 |  0.5973 |  2016812 |    0 |
| 2011-08-24 | Total     |  4966745955 |  4.9667 |  6528686 |    0 |
| 2011-08-25 | Receive   |  1862263094 |  1.8623 |  1283914 |    2 |
| 2011-08-25 | Transmit  |    80126220 |  0.0801 |   664046 |    0 |
| 2011-08-25 | Total     |  1942389314 |  1.9424 |  1947960 |    2 |
| 2011-08-26 | Receive   |  1930046051 |  1.9300 |  2952951 |    4 |
| 2011-08-26 | Transmit  |   629930929 |  0.6299 |  1323355 |    0 |
| 2011-08-26 | Total     |  2559976980 |  2.5600 |  4276306 |    4 |
| 2011-08-27 | Receive   |  3487391964 |  3.4874 |  2590762 |    2 |
| 2011-08-27 | Transmit  |   118643743 |  0.1186 |  1040842 |    0 |
| 2011-08-27 | Total     |  3606035707 |  3.6060 |  3631604 |    2 |
| 2011-08-28 | Receive   |  6374862454 |  6.3749 |  4650362 |    7 |
| 2011-08-28 | Transmit  |   224998861 |  0.2250 |  2047233 |    0 |
| 2011-08-28 | Total     |  6599861315 |  6.5999 |  6697595 |    7 |
| 2011-08-29 | Receive   |  2045060966 |  2.0451 |  1682391 |   31 |
| 2011-08-29 | Transmit  |   118337189 |  0.1183 |   954348 |    0 |
| 2011-08-29 | Total     |  2163398155 |  2.1634 |  2636739 |   31 |
| 2011-08-30 | Receive   |  1790315124 |  1.7903 |  1323050 |    1 |
| 2011-08-30 | Transmit  |   103126837 |  0.1031 |   800246 |    0 |
| 2011-08-30 | Total     |  1893441961 |  1.8934 |  2123296 |    1 |
| 2011-08-31 | Receive   |   835972390 |  0.8360 |  1541554 |    7 |
| 2011-08-31 | Transmit  |   320712361 |  0.3207 |   686240 |    0 |
| 2011-08-31 | Total     |  1156684751 |  1.1567 |  2227794 |    7 |
| 2011-09-01 | Receive   |  1139305589 |  1.1393 |  1045590 |    1 |
| 2011-09-01 | Transmit  |   109318963 |  0.1093 |   591485 |    0 |
| 2011-09-01 | Total     |  1248624552 |  1.2486 |  1637075 |    1 |
| 2011-09-02 | Receive   |   400115674 |  0.4001 |   408318 |   13 |
| 2011-09-02 | Transmit  |    64854630 |  0.0649 |   290484 |    0 |
| 2011-09-02 | Total     |   464970304 |  0.4650 |   698802 |   13 |
| 2011-09-03 | Receive   |  2726249536 |  2.7262 |  1992253 |    0 |
| 2011-09-03 | Transmit  |   128145805 |  0.1281 |  1152191 |    0 |
| 2011-09-03 | Total     |  2854395341 |  2.8544 |  3144444 |    0 |
| 2011-09-04 | Receive   |   344673882 |  0.3447 |   303428 |   40 |
| 2011-09-04 | Transmit  |    45351619 |  0.0454 |   203921 |    0 |
| 2011-09-04 | Total     |   390025501 |  0.3900 |   507349 |   40 |
| 2011-09-05 | Receive   |  1053740019 |  1.0537 |   922447 |    0 |
| 2011-09-05 | Transmit  |    94691927 |  0.0947 |   596347 |    0 |
| 2011-09-05 | Total     |  1148431946 |  1.1484 |  1518794 |    0 |
| 2011-09-06 | Receive   |  3532241262 |  3.5322 |  2901976 |    8 |
| 2011-09-06 | Transmit  |   288154631 |  0.2882 |  1520270 |    0 |
| 2011-09-06 | Total     |  3820395893 |  3.8204 |  4422246 |    8 |
| 2011-09-07 | Receive   |  1546434215 |  1.5464 |  1475258 |    7 |
| 2011-09-07 | Transmit  |   208543768 |  0.2085 |   801533 |    0 |
| 2011-09-07 | Total     |  1754977983 |  1.7550 |  2276791 |    7 |
| 2011-09-08 | Receive   |  1142354754 |  1.1424 |  2880549 |    1 |
| 2011-09-08 | Transmit  |   748491554 |  0.7485 |  1096897 |    0 |
| 2011-09-08 | Total     |  1890846308 |  1.8908 |  3977446 |    1 |
| 2011-09-09 | Receive   |  3633872035 |  3.6339 |  2673631 |   16 |
| 2011-09-09 | Transmit  |   168029675 |  0.1680 |  1481651 |    0 |
| 2011-09-09 | Total     |  3801901710 |  3.8019 |  4155282 |   16 |
| 2011-09-10 | Receive   |  2374897163 |  2.3749 |  1930240 |    1 |
| 2011-09-10 | Transmit  |   186882755 |  0.1869 |  1003724 |    0 |
| 2011-09-10 | Total     |  2561779918 |  2.5618 |  2933964 |    1 |
| 2011-09-11 | Receive   |  1662981932 |  1.6630 |  1250880 |   34 |
| 2011-09-11 | Transmit  |   100433318 |  0.1004 |   750217 |    0 |
| 2011-09-11 | Total     |  1763415250 |  1.7634 |  2001097 |   34 |
| 2011-09-12 | Receive   |  1755062761 |  1.7551 |  3008319 |    1 |
| 2011-09-12 | Transmit  |   698461257 |  0.6985 |  1202578 |    0 |
| 2011-09-12 | Total     |  2453524018 |  2.4535 |  4210897 |    1 |
| 2011-09-13 | Receive   |  1735864509 |  1.7359 |  1410841 |    0 |
| 2011-09-13 | Transmit  |   120299112 |  0.1203 |   765968 |    0 |
| 2011-09-13 | Total     |  1856163621 |  1.8562 |  2176809 |    0 |
| 2011-09-14 | Receive   |   498933506 |  0.4989 |   391880 |    2 |
| 2011-09-14 | Transmit  |    38212096 |  0.0382 |   229673 |    0 |
| 2011-09-14 | Total     |   537145602 |  0.5371 |   621553 |    2 |
| 2011-09-15 | Receive   |  1376901526 |  1.3769 |  2693687 |    1 |
| 2011-09-15 | Transmit  |   568779473 |  0.5688 |  1044554 |    0 |
| 2011-09-15 | Total     |  1945680999 |  1.9457 |  3738241 |    1 |
| 2011-09-16 | Receive   |  1689788026 |  1.6898 |  2852183 |    0 |
| 2011-09-16 | Transmit  |   572547284 |  0.5725 |  1149765 |    0 |
| 2011-09-16 | Total     |  2262335310 |  2.2623 |  4001948 |    0 |
| 2011-09-17 | Receive   |     6810476 |  0.0068 |    12253 |    0 |
| 2011-09-17 | Transmit  |     1323791 |  0.0013 |     5206 |    0 |
| 2011-09-17 | Total     |     8134267 |  0.0081 |    17459 |    0 |
| NULL       | Total     |232538256086 |232.5383 |321445111 | 1419 |
+------------+-----------+-------------+---------+----------+------+

Blu-Ray User Plays Blues Clues

Blu-Ray disks came as a gift and necessitated adding a Blu-Ray player.

They're inexpensive. A simple LG BD630 Blu-Ray player from Amazon runs about $80. This device has built-in Netflix service. Activate the unit with Netflix's magic device code and it happily streams video.

The interface is far simpler and more restricted than the browser-based version. Big, squishy icons and a presumption that the only input device is the player's remote. No way to enter text except through a pick-a-letter matrix. Responsiveness is sluggish, about 300 msec between click and action.

Most maddening: hovering over a title to get additional info causes the system to hang while it waits for Netflix's servers to fulfill the request. Eventually (3-10 secs), the movie's details fill in. No matter; really, when "Watch Now" works great via computer.

The major point of contention, however, is that the entertainment system has been rewired again, which was deemed Confusing by She Who Must Be Obeyed:

Even though it's simpler, it necessitated adding another fix:

Tools to Track AT&T Gateway Usage

Janko Roettgers has a survey article on GigaOm today that asks AT&T customers whether they can see their usage using an AT&T website. About 45% (n=37) of those surveyed answered they are unable to see usage stats.

AT&T U-verse users can view their usage in their own Residential Gateway. The usage statistics page is at http://192.168.1.254./xslt?PAGE=C_1_0 - scroll down to the "Traffic Statistics" section.

The administrative control page (login required) permits resetting the stats. Reset the stats monthly, on the billing cycle day, to make it easy to track usage against AT&T billing.

Note these capabilities are found on a 2WIRE 3800-series gateway. Other AT&T routers, especially DSL boxes, have different equipment which may or may not have a statistics page.

For those who wish to monitor their stats on their RG, at this link are RG Statistics Logging Scripts and instructions to set up monitoring using a cron job.  The zip file contains installation instructions (Ubuntu/Debian Linux).  A small SQL script, also included, produces a usage report.

A sample report for data gathered since March 14 is below.

+------------+------------+-------------+---------+----------+--------+
| Day        | Sent/Recvd | Bytes       | GB      | Packets  | Errors |
+------------+------------+-------------+---------+----------+--------+
| 2011-04-14 | Receive    |   471170071 |  0.4712 |  1248297 |      0 |
| 2011-04-14 | Transmit   |   261420116 |  0.2614 |   564405 |      0 |
| 2011-04-14 |   Total    |   732590187 |  0.7326 |  1812702 |      0 |
| 2011-04-15 | Receive    |   770363944 |  0.7704 |  1006855 |      0 |
| 2011-04-15 | Transmit   |    71026822 |  0.0710 |   520748 |      0 |
| 2011-04-15 |   Total    |   841390766 |  0.8414 |  1527603 |      0 |
| 2011-04-16 | Receive    |   609502238 |  0.6095 |   722370 |      1 |
| 2011-04-16 | Transmit   |    57294972 |  0.0573 |   361775 |      0 |
| 2011-04-16 |   Total    |   666797210 |  0.6668 |  1084145 |      1 |
| 2011-04-17 | Receive    |   318645844 |  0.3186 |   291616 |      2 |
| 2011-04-17 | Transmit   |    39332970 |  0.0393 |   175203 |      0 |
| 2011-04-17 |   Total    |   357978814 |  0.3580 |   466819 |      2 |
| 2011-04-18 | Receive    |   299281224 |  0.2993 |   666078 |      0 |
| 2011-04-18 | Transmit   |    58786871 |  0.0588 |   353637 |      0 |
| 2011-04-18 |   Total    |   358068095 |  0.3581 |  1019715 |      0 |
| 2011-04-19 | Receive    |   886435986 |  0.8864 |  1560230 |      0 |
| 2011-04-19 | Transmit   |   711104440 |  0.7111 |   994422 |      0 |
| 2011-04-19 |   Total    |  1597540426 |  1.5975 |  2554652 |      0 |
| 2011-04-20 | Receive    |   699685659 |  0.6997 |   637560 |      0 |
| 2011-04-20 | Transmit   |    56879398 |  0.0569 |   337293 |      0 |
| 2011-04-20 |   Total    |   756565057 |  0.7566 |   974853 |      0 |
| 2011-04-21 | Receive    |   455349013 |  0.4553 |   602567 |      1 |
| 2011-04-21 | Transmit   |    86789917 |  0.0868 |   324296 |      0 |
| 2011-04-21 |   Total    |   542138930 |  0.5421 |   926863 |      1 |
| 2011-04-22 | Receive    |   440903082 |  0.4409 |   770886 |      0 |
| 2011-04-22 | Transmit   |    61319206 |  0.0613 |   396483 |      0 |
| 2011-04-22 |   Total    |   502222288 |  0.5022 |  1167369 |      0 |
| 2011-04-23 | Receive    |   128387865 |  0.1284 |   202243 |      0 |
| 2011-04-23 | Transmit   |    32450548 |  0.0325 |   115669 |      0 |
| 2011-04-23 |   Total    |   160838413 |  0.1608 |   317912 |      0 |
| 2011-04-24 | Receive    |   357397478 |  0.3574 |   391484 |      0 |
| 2011-04-24 | Transmit   |    45117822 |  0.0451 |   224438 |      0 |
| 2011-04-24 |   Total    |   402515300 |  0.4025 |   615922 |      0 |
| 2011-04-25 | Receive    |   460476990 |  0.4605 |   508043 |      0 |
| 2011-04-25 | Transmit   |    64078588 |  0.0641 |   302462 |      0 |
| 2011-04-25 |   Total    |   524555578 |  0.5246 |   810505 |      0 |
| 2011-04-26 | Receive    |   868455813 |  0.8685 |   910591 |      0 |
| 2011-04-26 | Transmit   |    74527520 |  0.0745 |   460094 |      0 |
| 2011-04-26 |   Total    |   942983333 |  0.9430 |  1370685 |      0 |
| 2011-04-27 | Receive    |   286835580 |  0.2868 |   348551 |      0 |
| 2011-04-27 | Transmit   |    48691431 |  0.0487 |   206843 |      0 |
| 2011-04-27 |   Total    |   335527011 |  0.3355 |   555394 |      0 |
| 2011-04-28 | Receive    |   759490405 |  0.7595 |   771587 |      0 |
| 2011-04-28 | Transmit   |    64131207 |  0.0641 |   390037 |      0 |
| 2011-04-28 |   Total    |   823621612 |  0.8236 |  1161624 |      0 |
| 2011-04-29 | Receive    |  1855420924 |  1.8554 |  2576866 |      1 |
| 2011-04-29 | Transmit   |   417368072 |  0.4174 |  1150840 |      0 |
| 2011-04-29 |   Total    |  2272788996 |  2.2728 |  3727706 |      1 |
| 2011-04-30 | Receive    |  2854764859 |  2.8548 |  2329114 |      0 |
| 2011-04-30 | Transmit   |   140898052 |  0.1409 |  1331942 |      0 |
| 2011-04-30 |   Total    |  2995662911 |  2.9957 |  3661056 |      0 |
| 2011-05-01 | Receive    |   583554982 |  0.5836 |   646801 |      0 |
| 2011-05-01 | Transmit   |    47077335 |  0.0471 |   293666 |      0 |
| 2011-05-01 |   Total    |   630632317 |  0.6306 |   940467 |      0 |
| 2011-05-02 | Receive    |     1536599 |  0.0015 |      733 |      0 |
| 2011-05-02 | Transmit   |      920571 |  0.0009 |      755 |      0 |
| 2011-05-02 |   Total    |     2457170 |  0.0025 |     1488 |      0 |
| NULL       |   Total    | 15446874414 | 15.4469 | 24697480 |      5 |
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For the last few months, usage on this RG has ranged between 85 and 150 GB/month. Usage reflects heavy net surfing. Netflix / Amazon / YouTube video consumption is about 1 to 2 hours daily.

AT&T Overestimates Usage %4700

Karl Bode at DSL Reports writes that AT&T's billing rates are wildy inaccurate -- to the tune of 4700%. That is, AT&T has overestimate U-verse and DSL usage 47-fold.

Working backwards from the new 250 GB/month cap which goes into affect 2 May 2011, AT&T would start billing overages when users had consumed only 5.3 GB in a month.

See the full article here.

Time to start keeping track in order to dispute usage come billing time.

Well, That Was Fun While It Lasted

AT&T has decided to cap usage. Usage caps deploy May 2nd, 2011.

Engadget reports in "AT&T will cap DSL and U-Verse internet, impose overage fees", that DSL and U-verse usage caps are 150 GB/month and 250 GB/month, respectively. Each additional 50 GB/month costs $10.

AT&T has yet to notify customers, which supposedly happens this week. No notice appears on the U-verse page or in AT&T email.

Total usage has been 87,468,308,057 bytes since the Residential Gateway modem last had its logs reset. Since today (14 March - Pi Day!) is the start of a new billing cycle, time to reset and see how much actually passes through.

Usage caps bring up an additional point: does "usage" discount advertising? Simple tests with AdBlock Plus show that 20-25% of a commercially-supported web page comprises ad data. Likewise the streaming ads injected in movies and television programs, although streaming ads are proportionately smaller.

Getting charged for ads seems like a double-tap.

(Update 3/16)

After a mid-day Monday March 14 reset of the Residential Gateway's transmission statistics, measured traffic (sent + received bytes) for ordinary 'Net usage appears to be about 2.25 GB/day. "Ordinary" usage includes watching streaming video from Netflix, YouTube, Amazon, Skype/Google voice phone calls, DropBox, and quotidian web surfing and emailing for three users on seven computers.

Extrapolating, that's about 70GB/month, or 28% of the 250GB cap AT&T plans to set.

Amazons on Amazon

Amazon has begun offering a limited catalog of streaming movies  as a premium to Amazon Prime subscribers.  Chose the Amazon Instant Video -- it's the top entry on the search pull-down -- and select "Prime Eligible".

Naturally the stuff in the "free" catalog is uneven.  The brilliant "Bronson" plays opposite the unwatchably inane "Hudson Hawk".

Quality of transfers appears good for recent films ("Helvetica") and dreadful B-movie transfers have charmingly preserved all their dust and scratches ("War Goddess", originally "Le guerriere dal seno nudo").  Transmission was clear and jitter-free, with few "jaggies" or other compression artifacts.  Quality, even for junk, appears better than the crummy viewing delivered through Netflix's Starz Play.

One huge bonus: since Amazon owns IMDB, movie details and background info are far better than Netflix.

So, what's out there? Amazon's streaming service holds about 35,000+ movies and 6,200+ television programs.  "Prime Eligible" winnows that down to 1,700+ films and 480+ shows.  The Prime catalog is great is you want to see

• Dr. Who,
• Classic oaters starring Tex Ritter, Roy Rogers, et al,
• WW II action flix,
• Mr. Rodgers (nattily raising one sweater-clad limb in a stiff-arm salute), and
• apparently every cheesy "Hercules" movie ever made starring Richard Harrison, Gordon Mitchell and Yes! Ahhhnold Schwarzenegger in "Hercules in New York".

Choices abound, cable cutters. Go forth and graze.  To reiterate Joe Queenan's Sandra Bullock rule, if it's under $2, we'll take a look.

The U-verse Boys

Two more lads from AT&T dropped by today. Nice lads, dressed like grunge Mormons: black slacks; pressed long-sleeve shirts with AT&T badges; white athletic shoes (they were walking the neighborhood); no ties.

A new sales pitch. They were unaware the premises was already running U-verse. The lady of the house had answered the door and required rescue.

Sorry, we have U-verse. We love the Internet but we're not interested in TV.

Blue-shirt sales guy: Have you heard about the new shows and channel line-up, U420 it's got ...

Not interested. Just converted to watching shows purely over the Internet. Line-up is duplicative. AT&T charges more for U200 Latino, but it's clear why. There's a blog about this; you should read it.

Yellow-shirt sales guy: Have you heard about the fiber service to your house ...

No, U-verse is fiber to the node, not the the home, like Verizon. (Blue shirt sales guy agrees.) Look, just last week brought a new HD-capable micro PC in order to watch TV. Read all about it at [this] blog.

Yellow-shirt: Really? What's the address. Blue-shirt writes it down.

Discussion about bit rates and how easy it was to upgrade speeds. Discussion of Verizon's astounding high-speed bit rates.

Blue shirt: We have a higher speed than , we can get you 25 Mb/s ...

Nope. Residential Gateway says the max rate here is about 20 Mb/s. House is at the end of the run from the node. It took the installers all day to get the rate up to that. When it's working faster it will get looked at.

Oh.

More chit-chat, good-byes, and they move on the next house.

Good luck guys.